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Meaning of "hypocoristic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPOCORISTIC

hypocoristic  [ˌhaɪpəkɔːˈrɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPOCORISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypocoristic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HYPOCORISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hypocorism

A hypocorism is a shorter or diminutive form of a word or given name, for example, when used in more intimate situations as a nickname or term of endearment. Also known as pet name or calling name. However, shortening of names is certainly not exclusive to terms of affection; indeed, in many cases, a shortened name can also be used to intimidate or humiliate. The ambiguity would need to be clarified by context.

Definition of hypocoristic in the English dictionary

The definition of hypocoristic in the dictionary is of or relating to a pet name or pet names, esp one using a diminutive affix. Other definition of hypocoristic is childish and usually involving a diminutive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPOCORISTIC


amoristic
ˌæməˈrɪstɪk
aphoristic
ˌæfəˈrɪstɪk
behavioristic
bɪˌheɪvjəˈrɪstɪk
characteristic
ˌkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
coloristic
ˌkʌləˈrɪstɪk
eristic
ɛˈrɪstɪk
Eucharistic
ˌjuːkəˈrɪstɪk
euhemeristic
juːˌhiːməˈrɪstɪk
floristic
flɒˈrɪstɪk
formularistic
ˌfɔːmjʊləˈrɪstɪk
futuristic
ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɪstɪk
heuristic
hjʊəˈrɪstɪk
juristic
dʒʊˈrɪstɪk
meristic
məˈrɪstɪk
militaristic
ˌmɪlɪtəˈrɪstɪk
myristic
mɪˈrɪstɪk
poristic
pɒˈrɪstɪk
puristic
pjʊəˈrɪstɪk
uncharacteristic
ˌʌnkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
voyeuristic
ˌvwaɪəˈrɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPOCORISTIC

hypochondriac
hypochondriacal
hypochondriacally
hypochondriasis
hypochondriasm
hypochondriast
hypochondrium
hypocist
hypocorism
hypocorisma
hypocoristical
hypocoristically
hypocotyl
hypocotylous
hypocrisies
hypocrisy
hypocrite
hypocritic
hypocritical
hypocritically

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPOCORISTIC

anachronistic
artistic
autistic
ballistic
deterministic
domestic
holistic
journalistic
linguistic
logistic
mechanistic
minimalistic
optimistic
probabilistic
realistic
sadistic
simplistic
statistic
stylistic
synergistic
unrealistic

Synonyms and antonyms of hypocoristic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hypocoristic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPOCORISTIC

Find out the translation of hypocoristic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hypocoristic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hypocoristic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hypocoristic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hipocorístico
570 millions of speakers

English

hypocoristic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hypocoristic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hypocoristic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ласкательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hipocorístico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hypocoristic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hypocoristic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hypocoristic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hypokoristische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hypocoristic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hypocoristic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hypocoristic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hypocoristic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hypocoristic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ढोंगीपणाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hypocoristic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hypocoristic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hypocoristic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пестливих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hypocoristic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hypocoristic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hypocoristic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hypocoristic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hypocoristic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypocoristic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOCORISTIC»

The term «hypocoristic» is normally little used and occupies the 119.005 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOCORISTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hypocoristic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPOCORISTIC»

Discover the use of hypocoristic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypocoristic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English in Australia
Australian English (henceforth, "AusE") speakers, as the quotation from Smith shows, have many hypocoristics of place-names. Questions about the meaning, form and use of these include: 1 . Is the use of place-name hypocoristic forms a ...
David Blair, Peter Collins, 2001
2
Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XII: Papers from the ...
(8) Undominated B-T constraints (OR = output root, Hy = hypocoristic) a. Align L ( OR, Hy)—The left edge of the output root is aligned with the left edge of the hypocoristic. b. Align R (OR, Hy)—The right edge of the output root is aligned with the ...
Elabbas Benmamoun, 1999
3
Sound Symbolism
Though this use of tone is not always limited to marking the hypocoristic or diminutive,4 this is one of its more common uses. This is true of Lahu, Yi (Lolo),5 and the Hui, Wu (that of southern Zhejiang), and Yue dialect groups of Chinese ( Hirata ...
Leanne Hinton, Johanna Nichols, John J. Ohala, 2006
4
Yiddish Given Names: A Lexicon
The term “hypocoristic” in this material covers forms that are both truncated and suffixed, with the exceptions to truncation as noted. I would reserve “Nickname” for names that do not derive in an obvious fashion from the full (given) name.5 ...
Rella Israly Cohn, 2008
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Multi-source, Multilingual Information Extraction and ...
In reduplication, part of the base name is repeated to create the hypocoristic. • Affixation is the addition of new morpheme, like a prefix or suffix, to the base name to form the hypocoristic. While these process sometimes operate independently, ...
Thierry Poibeau, Horacio Saggion, Jakub Piskorski, 2012
6
Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XX: Papers from the ...
Accordingly, they derive the desired templatic effects of the faTTuul hypocoristic form through the interaction of markedness and faithfulness constraints of OT. In this paper, I present new hypocoristic examples that challenge both tenets of ...
Mustafa A. Mughazy, 2007
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The Arabic Verb: Form and Meaning in the Vowel-lengthening ...
دـلاـخ (full name) → (hypocoristic) دوـلـخ khaled khallūd (root kh-l-d) b. مـيـلـس (full name) → (hypocoristic) موـلـس salīm sallūm (root s-l-m) c. دـنـه (full name) → ( hypocoristic) دوـنـه hind hannūd (root h-n-d) (after Davis & Zawaydeh 2001: 515) ...
Warwick Danks, 2011
8
Combinatorial Morphology
In (28c) we have another example where all of the cluster is not copied, as in ( 27d), and again the copy is not included, and (28d) is an example of a different type of reduplication where again the hypocoristic form does not appear to be based ...
John T. Stonham, 1994
9
English Prosodic Morphology
Secondly, the analysis of the [ɔ] data as laxing data is based on the spelling of the hypocoristic form. Recall from the discussion above that in all laxing data the intervocalic consonant is represented by a doublegraph or ck, which is not present ...
Sabine Lappe, 2008
10
Speech Acts, Speakers, and Hearers: Reference and ...
The latter category is made up of diminutive and hypocoristic derivatives. The formal difference between diminutive and hypocoristic derivatives can be described in the following way. Diminutives show a regular derivational pattern, since the ...
Henk Haverkate, 1984

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPOCORISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypocoristic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Book review: The Aitch Factor, by Susan Butler
She says that, probably unknown to themselves, Australians are "a hypocoristic lot," given to affectionate derivatives like ambo, arvo, rellies, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»
2
Thinner skins prevail
Hang on a mo, what's a hypocoristic? Sticking with a theme - Brisbane and Australian linguistics - Heckler is quite taken with the long-running ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 14»
3
No, a Drunken Australian Man Did Not Coin the Word Selfie
His name, it turns out, is Nathan Hope—naturally, "Hopey" was formed by the same hypocoristic method that turned self-portrait into selfie. «Slate Magazine, Nov 13»
4
Why nicknames?
The term hypocoristic refers to a nickname of affection between people in love or with a close emotional bond. Nicknames like honey, baby or ... «The Daily Star, Jul 10»

REFERENCE
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